标本

標本

biāoběn

noun HSK 7-9 #12,790

Measure Word

一个标本 gè

Meanings

1 specimen
2 sample
3 example

Characters

mark; surface; symptom

root; origin; basis

Examples

博物馆里有很多动物标本。

Bówùguǎn lǐ yǒu hěnduō dòngwù biāoběn.

There are many animal specimens in the museum.

他采集了几种植物标本。

Tā cǎijí le jǐ zhǒngzhí wù biāoběn.

He collected several plant specimens.

治病要治标也要治本。

Zhìbìng yào zhìbiāo yě yào zhìběn.

In treating illness, one must treat both the symptoms and the root cause.

Tips

usage

标本 has two distinct uses: (1) a preserved specimen for study, and (2) in the expression 标本 meaning 'symptoms and root cause' (标 = surface symptoms, 本 = root). The idiom 治标不治本 means 'to treat symptoms without addressing the root cause'.

Stroke Order

标 biāo

本 běn